Be My Eyes

Are you planning a trip to Italy? 🇮🇹 Great news - Be My Eyes is now available at Fiumicino Airport in Rome! Blind and low-vision passengers can now use Be My Eyes Service Connect™ to get AI-powered and real-time human assistance while navigating the airport. Whether you’re finding your gate, checking flight details, or locating services, personalized assistance is just a tap away. This is what inclusive travel should look like. Grazie, Aeroporti di Roma, for leading the way! 💙 Learn more about this partnership on our blog! https://lnkd.in/dhVSrytw

A legendary meeting at CSUN 2025! 🎶 Be My Eyes founder Hans Jørgen Wiberg had the incredible honor of meeting the one and only Stevie Wonder at CSUN this week! ✨ Hans started Be My Eyes with a simple idea—leveraging technology to make the world more inclusive for everyone. And Stevie has long been a champion for breaking barriers and pushing for a more accessible future. Moments like these remind us why we do what we do. 💙 #BeMyEyes #CSUNATC25 #Accessibility #InclusionMatters

Big news from Be My Eyes at CSUN 2025! ✈️ We’re officially expanding into the travel and hospitality sector with major new customer partnerships! Aeroporti di Roma is integrating Be My Eyes to provide AI-powered navigation & information assistance for blind and low-vision travelers. Emirates will soon become the first airline to offer live, visual customer support via the Be My Eyes app. Following our groundbreaking work with Hilton, we’re thrilled to see the travel industry embracing accessibility like never before. Read more! https://lnkd.in/dTdMgKet #Accessibility #Inclusion #TravelForAll #BeMyEyes #CSUNATC25

Big news from Be My Eyes! 🚀 We’re thrilled to share some major milestones and exciting new services for our community of blind and low-vision users! Almost 800,000 users & 8.5 million volunteers—and growing! We’re on track to hit 1 million blind users by the end of the year. AppleVis is thriving under Be My Eyes! Website traffic has jumped over 30% since September 2024. New community content! You can now listen to DoubleTap podcasts directly in the Be My Eyes app. Special Interest Groups—a new way for organizations to connect with blind and low-vision users on shared topics, like guide dog support in Lyon. Read all about it in our latest announcement! https://lnkd.in/dx-XZ-9r #BeMyEyes #CSUNATC25 #TechForGood

Our CEO, Michael Buckley, is heading to #ZeroCon25 at the United Nations Office in Vienna! From March 5-7, 2025, the Zero Project Conference will bring together over 1,000 leaders, innovators, and changemakers from 90+ countries to advance disability inclusion in Employment and ICT. Mike will be delivering a keynote at the Opening Ceremony on March 5 (10:00–11:00 AM CET), alongside Ghada Waly, Director-General of UNOV. He’ll be sharing insights on how technology - especially tools like Be My Eyes - is reshaping accessibility on a global scale. The sessions will be streamed with International Sign interpretation and live English captioning, and recordings will be available on the Zero Project’s YouTube channel after the event. Let’s push for a world with zero barriers! Join us online and be part of the conversation. #Accessibility #Inclusion #ZeroProject #BeMyEyes

The 2024 Apple Vision Accessibility Report Card is here! AppleVis has released its annual report evaluating the accessibility of Apple’s major platforms for blind, DeafBlind, and low vision users. Now in its third year, the report highlights both strengths and areas for improvement, offering valuable insights for Apple and the broader accessibility community. Check out the full report and see how Apple performed this year! https://lnkd.in/daYPG3BH

At LEAP Saudi 2025, our founder Hans Jørgen Wiberg explores a room at Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences designed with accessibility in mind! From intuitive layouts to thoughtful tech features and Braille instructions, Hilton is setting new standards for inclusive hospitality. Thank you, Hilton, for leading the way in making experiences more inclusive for all (and for being a great customer of Be My Eyes). #LEAPSaudi2025 #AccessibilityForAll #InclusiveTravel #BeMyEyes #HiltonRiyadh #TravelWithoutLimits

We’re thrilled to announce that Be My Eyes will be exhibiting at the inaugural ActionAble Summit 2025, happening on February 26th from 9 AM - 5 PM (GMT). As 2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act and the 15th anniversary of the UK Equality Act, this is a unique opportunity to come together and turn aspirations into action. Visit the Be My Eyes virtual booth to learn more about our innovative solutions designed to support companies and organizations in fostering accessibility and inclusion. Register yourself and your senior leaders here: https://lnkd.in/et9DywWF Sara Weller, Business Disability Forum, Channel 4, Lloyds Banking Group, PurpleSpace, Scope, Valuable 500, ImpactMatch #ActionAble2025 #DisabilityInclusion #InclusiveWorkplace #SocialImpact #30YearsSinceTheDisabilityDiscriminationAct

Throw back to an early version of the Be My Eyes app! 🔙 This simple interface helped us reach our first major milestone—30,000 blind and low vision users in February 2015. At the time, that number felt huge. Today, 10 years later, we’ve grown to over 775,000 blind and low-vision users worldwide, with a community of over 8.5 millions volunteers! What started as a simple idea—a call to connect people—has evolved into a global accessibility movement. But one thing hasn’t changed: our commitment to making the world more navigable, more inclusive, and more connected for everyone. To everyone who has been part of this journey—thank you! Here’s to the next 10 years of breaking barriers together. 💙 #BeMyEyes #10YearsOfImpact #AccessibilityForAll

Big news! 🎉 The Be My Eyes Winter ‘25 App Update is here, bringing powerful new capabilities to enhance accessibility for our blind and low-vision community, including 1080p HD video calls, auto read aloud, save & share, custom iOS shortcuts and new data management options. This update coincides with our 10-year anniversary! 🎉 We’re proud of how far we’ve come and excited for what’s next. Learn more about our Winter'25 Update in our blog! https://lnkd.in/dn7MFGvA #Accessibility #AI #Inclusion #BlindTech #TechForGood